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urbanism

noun
/ˈɜː(ɹ)bənɪzəm/

Etymology

From urban + -ism.

  1. derived from *gʰerdʰ-✻ — “to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”
  2. derived from urbānus — “of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”
  3. borrowed from urbain — “belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”
  4. suffixed as urbanism — “urban + ism”

Definitions

  1. The study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social, and cultural…

    The study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social, and cultural environment.

  2. The culture or way of life of people who live in cities.

  3. Urbanization.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Urban planning.

      • Simultaneously there has been a growing disenchantment with the conventional face of urban design as it is practiced in the West, alongside demands for a new and emerging urbanism that is responsive to the everyday life of the city: […]

The neighborhood

Derived

market urbanism, New Urbanism, tactical urbanism, zombie urbanism

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for urbanism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA